Assertion (A): Post-structuralism and deconstruction are virtually synonymous. Reason (R): Deconstruction arises out of Barthes's structuralism, as a reaction against its certainties.
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Correct answer: A. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
Explanation
Per the key, following Peter Barry's Beginning Theory, which treats the two as near-synonyms and traces the turn through Barthes and Derrida.
Note: Deconstruction is chiefly Derrida's; R is a simplification.
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